Pitch Report:
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Pitch is expected to be batting friendly. In the 2nd last match Newzealand scored 238 on this ground. In the last match Northern Knights batted poorly and got all out at 148 however Wellington chased that total in 16 overs.
Otago Team Preview:
They have won 1 and lost 1 match till now. Their 2 main pacers M Rae and Nathan Smith are available for selection.
Probable11 of Otago:
H Rutherford, N Broom, Nick Kelly, Llew Johnson, Anaru Kitchen, M Renwick, Nathan Smith, M Rippon, M Mclenaghan, J Duffy, M Rae
Last Matches Performances:
- M Chu:
- M Renwick: 42, 22,
- H Rutherford: 25, 13,
- N Broom: 30, 41,
- N Kelly: 27, 2,
- D Phillips: 5,
- J Finnie: 6+17/0(1),
- C Hawkins:
- L Johnson: 72, 6,
- A Kitchen(LAO): 2+23/1(4), 6+35/0(4),
- M Rippon(Chinaman): 10+39/1(4), 17+22/0(4),
- N Smith: Took 11 wickets in the 6 matches in the last season.
- J Duffy: 38/1(4), 28/0(4),
- T Muller:
- M Rae: Took 11 wickets in the 10 matches in the last season.
- M MCclenaghan: 50/1(4), 8+29/1(3),
- M Bacon: 18/3(3.5), 48/1(4),
- J Mackay:
NK Team Preview:
They have lost their both the matches till now.
Probable11 of NK:
T Seifert, K Clarke, D Brownlie, A Devcich(LAO), H Cooper, B Hampton, S Kuggeleijn, J Walker(off break), B Randell, Zak Gibson, M Fischer
Expected Death Overs: S Kuggeleijn and B Randell
Main Batters: T Seifert, K Clarke and A Devcich
Main Bowlers: B Randell and S Kuggeleijn
Recent match performances;
- T Seifert: 99, 11, 46
- K Clarke: 40, 6, 7
- D Brownlie: 7, 8
- P Bocock: 22
- A Devcich(LAO): 38, 102, 19
- H Cooper: 5, 9
- J Carter,
- B Hampton: 11/2(2), 1, 28+7/0
- S Kuggeleijn: 18+56/1(4), 18+21/1
- J Walker(off break): 24/1 (3), 16+30/2(4), 31/0
- B Randell: 31/1(4), 34/2(4), 27/0,
- Zak Gibson: 29/0(3), 4+44/0(4), 30/0
- M Fischer: 45/2(4), 1+54/1(4),
- J Brown: 42/3(4),
